Reference no: EM133393909

Infant Croup Dispatch informs you at 1800 hours of a mother who has called requesting urgent help for her 8-month-old infant Bella, who is having trouble breathing and is starting to go blue. On arrival at the scene, you undertake a preliminary scene assessment and evaluate the mechanism of injury. The mother, Emily, is panicked and hands you the infant begging 'please help my baby, I think she's dying!'. Emily is clearly distraught and frantic. Your initial observation identifies the infant is coughing copiously and appears to be unable to 'catch her breath', she is cyanosed. You manage to gain information from Emily who states that Bella has been unwell for two (2) days and was reviewed by their local GP in the late afternoon the day before. On assessment, your observations indicate that the baby is in respiratory distress, and you suspect she is suffering from croup-like symptoms.

Identify the pathophysiology and Mechanism of Injury (MOI) based on the above information.

- Pathophysiology.

- Mechanism of Injury (MOI).